Mem
Mem | |
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Phoenician | ![]() |
Hebrew | מ ,ם |
Aramaic | ![]() |
Syriac | ܡܡ |
Arabic | م |
Phonemic representation | m |
Position in alphabet | 13 |
Numerical value | 40 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Μ |
Latin | M |
Cyrillic | М |
Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm מ, Aramaic Mem , Syriac mīm ܡܡ, Arabic mīm م and Phoenician mēm
. Its sound value is [m].
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek mu (Μ), Etruscan , Latin M, and Cyrillic М.
Origins[]
Mem is believed to derive from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water,
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which had been simplified by the Phoenicians and named after their word for “water”, WIKI